Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-27
THE State OF THE union
Barney Gibbs Turns Out to Have Been
Working in Disguise all the While
In The Interest Of Reagan.
Judge Reagah's Pilgrimage TO Dallas
During the State Fairs Last Fail,
Aud What 4 ali Meant.
The Star Of Alexander watkins Terrsu
Becomes Lost Twiuklsr In the
Political Firrnnment.
4 BIT OF HISTORY.

S ,ecial to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 20 The Sudden
turn taken by the senatorial contest, which
to-day sent Alexander Watkins Terrell to
the rear ana John H.mpden Reagan to
the front, confirms prediction made by
THE GAZETTE in lengthy special from
Dallas several weeks ago concerning the
status of Judge Reagan on the corpora
ton and anti-corpoTation issues in poll
tics. In that special it was stated that
Reagan visited Dallas during the state
fairs last fall, met number of Demo-
cratic leaders from al parts of the state
in several private consultations at the
Grand Windsor hotel, and that if
what the sage of Palestine then
would have created sensation AMI as
tonished the party press and party
leaders of the Democracy. He pictured
a gloomy outlook for the party unless it
ceased consort;ng with corporations,Rnd
returned to strictly p
ORTHODOX DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. =.
After these private conferences, which
were daily occurrences for upwards of a
week, Judge Reagan returned to Pales-
tine and stra{ghtway what had been
mere political rumor was announced as g
pos tive tact, that Judge Reagan was q
full f5daed candidate for the Uaited
States Senate, and from that day
the senatorial star of A
W. Terrell began to wane until to-day it
became e lost twinkler in the political
firmanent TIE GAZETTE WAS the ooly
paper ibe Texas to publish the facts of
these private conferenc, at Dallas, and
predicted pretty clearly st the time what
has to-day occurred and wha: is
FoREsHADowED FOR TOMORROW,
and stated that Judge Reagan. in his ut
terances in private, had gone further in
regard to corpora ions and their infu-
ences L. politics than ever did Barney |
Gibbs go in his speeches during the men,
orable canvass in the Sixth Congressional |
district. Ia connection with what |
to-day has developed, Barney's keen
political sagacity shows up and marks |
him as cunning as fox and as long
headed as snake doctor. No one who |
knows Gibbs.has believed him during the |
present senatorial esTpaign to be at
heart for the success of John Ireland. His
solicitude was only on the surface. His
craftiness was directed
IN THE INTEREST OF REAGAN,
showing that to be successful in this
direction it would be necessary first to
have MaXey inundated and then Ire
land crucifled that Reagan might come as
4 Moses to lead the hosts. In other
words he has been a Reagan man
n disguise. This is proved by q state
nent made here yesterday by Judge
Reagan that Gibbs had really been the
nan who planned to get MIN into the race
Ind that it was at the invitation of Gibbs
hat he made
THE PILGRIMAGE TO DALLAS
Turing the holding Of tie State Fairs, at
which time the senatorial candidacy Of ;
himself was positively determined upol.
The GAZETTE correspondent does not Z!
Wish to be understood as saying that
t7agan knew or was party to Gibbs
''annings. He only wishes to
how that Gibbs used his fine
Italian handiwock for a certain purpose I
nd has made good job of his skill. /
his is an anti-corpcration Legislature {
nd is going to choose an anti-corp0ra- '
'on extremist Senator, and in that result {
fibhs will feel that the hEghting of his i
Dung and budding ambition of a few f
1onths ago has not been altogether With c
ut t
MODICUM OF. RECoMPENsE. t
he part he has played as an Irelandite,
as teeD in one matter most sincere. He
elieves Ireland has made 8 good Gov: !:
rnor, and also that he mas done more d
'r the young men of Texas in politics
ian did ever ally other of the old
oliticians. che has appointed them to p
flee an recognized them in public af- ]
irs to most liberal degree, and they q
louid have feelings of most sincere y
ratitude for him." said Gibbs to day, +
and were it possible TO elect Ire and y y
enator l should most heartily rejoice, u
At think his chances are gone" d